A Conversation with Nikky Finney and Crystal Wilkinson

Renowned poet and professor Nikky Finney has spent her career illuminating the Southern cultural and political heritage of Black people in ways that resonate throughout the country and world. Her ongoing legacy of poignant expression, indomitable truth, and devotion to social justice has enriched the country and world. Learn more about Nikky Finney here. 

As the first Black woman to hold the appointment of Poet Laureate of Kentucky, Crystal Wilkinson serves as an inspiration to young people with an eye toward a career in writing, while also connecting with senior community members. Wilkinson’s research and work primarily focuses on the stories of Black women and communities in the Appalachian and rural Southern canon. Her latest book, "Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts," released recently and explores physical and spiritual ties between the past and present.

 

 

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WTY UKAA Auditorium

Myrle E. and Verle D. Nietzel Visiting Distinguished Faculty Program Colloquium

Nietzel Visiting Distinguished Faculty Lecture

Title: "Prophylactic Futurism and the Logic of Security Society”

Presented by Professor Timothy Melley, Geoffrion Family Director of the Miami University Humanities Center at Miami of Ohio University

Timothy Melley is the author of Empire of Conspiracy: The Culture of Paranoia in Postwar America (Cornell 2000) and The Covert Sphere: Secrecy, Fiction, and the National Security State (Cornell 2012). His work has been covered by The Nation, The L.A. Times, The Village Voice, Le Figaro, Scientific American, The Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian, BBC, and NPR.

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245 POT

Putting Pen to Paper

JOIN GRAPHITE FOR A NIGHT OF CREATIVITY AND CREATION IN THE FINE ARTS LIBRARY, WEDNESDAY 2/7 @6:30 

This meeting, we will be making physical copies of our creative works. We invite all creatives to join us in our efforts of making physical, literary art! Please bring some form of creative work, as well as additional art supplies as desired! 

Questions? Join our GroupMe! https://groupme.com/join_group/92666353/YxRVvqEy 

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Fine Arts Library

SINopsis

Is there a book that you really hate? Is there a book that you really love? Is there a book you have hot takes about? We want to hear about it!

Make a presentation about it or get up on your soapbox and rant about it for a few minutes.

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12th floor POT
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